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China's Huawei banned from Australia's broadband network

The federal government has banned Chinese technology giant Huawei from participating in multibillion- dollar tenders to supply equipment to the national broadband network because of concerns over cyber attacks originating in China.

But Huawei is fighting the ban vigorously in public and by using diplomatic channels. It plans to announce its sponsorship of the Canberra Raiders rugby league football team in a bid to lift its profile in the national capital.

ASIO forced NBN to dump HuaweiThe federal government-owned NBN Co internally endorsed controversial Chinese equipment maker Huawei Technologies as a major supplier to the $36 billion national broadband network, but was blocked by the Gillard government on the advice of intelligence agency ASIO.

The Australian Financial Review reported at the weekend that Huawei, which counts former foreign minister Alexander Downer and former Victorian premier John Brumby as Australian board members, was told by the Attorney-General's Department late last year that it was banned from tendering for lucrative NBN contracts because of concerns over cyber attacks originating in China.www.afr.com/p/national/asio_forced_nbn_to_dump_huawei_FaglE6qWrqd5utgLpR0IdO

Huawei Told Not to Apply for Australian Broadband Project [IDG]Huawei called Australia's ban on the company from supplying equipment for its national broadband project due to security concerns a "setback."

Australian government bans Huawei from NBNHuawei, the leading Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer has been told by the Australian Government that its bids for supply to the NBN are not welcome.